Examines the historical and philosophical roots of science and technology. Offers a case study of the overhead projector to illustrate the need for materialistic reading of the historical/philosophical roots of technology and science; argues that this would raise the status of technology education so that it can become a more widely accepted…

A discussion about philosophies that inform educational practice in North America provides a background for analysis of different philosophies in relation to technology education, and provides insight into the significance of reconstructionism, an outgrowth of pragmatism, as a philosophy in which to frame and describe technology education. This is…

Demonstrates that popular assertions regarding the social benefits of additional higher education are dubious. Reveals four decisive factors: presumed economic growth; changes in graduates' and nongraduates' relative earnings; differences between the marginal and average student; and belief in scale economies. Unless economic growth favors…

School-effectiveness research has made three considerable contributions: establishing a field exhibiting the characteristics of normal science, generation of research findings on numerous important topics, and combating of social/professional pessimism concerning educational-advancement prospects. School-effectiveness researchers will probably…

Describes 15 models of corporate universities, categorized by emphasis on organizational, intellectual, or strategic development. Identifies intersections among the three in order to construct a comprehensive model for the corporate university. (SK)

Analyzes various data on the South African schooling system since 1910. Finds that from an educational perspective, South Africa followed a modernization trajectory that, although it drew ever larger numbers of pupils into the schooling system, was partial, distorted, and fundamentally dysfunctional. The educational process was strongly affected…

Based on Danish history over the past 500 years, five different traditions of enlightenment and general education are described: Christian enlightenment, civic enlightenment, popular-national enlightenment, workers' enlightenment, and personal enlightenment. Concludes with some reflections on the past 25 years, which have seen an increasing focus…

Investigated compatibility between existing school-development plans and key issues in England's Office for Standards in Education (OfSTED) inspection reports and factors influencing implementation of action plans in 124 primary schools. Headteachers generally viewed their key issues as appropriate and compatible with school-development plans and…

Discusses problems of providing education for migrant children residing in Shanghai, China. Considers social bias and economic factors in the exclusion of these children from public school systems, attempts by migrant communities to establish their own schools, and government attempts at reform. Notes factors preventing the success of government…

This section of "Educational Media and Technology Yearbook" profiles individuals who have made significant contributions to the field of instructional technology. Leaders profiled in the "Yearbook" have either held prominent offices, written important works, or made significant contributions that have in some way influenced the contemporary vision…

Examines six elements of the transition to middle schools that ultimately hindered full implementation of the middle school concept in many schools: use of an incremental stage implementation model, lack of teacher education programs, lack of curriculum development, inadequate leadership, a paucity of research, and misunderstanding of the middle…

Moves away from a discussion of crisis management to reflect on vulnerabilities and strengths of communication departments in the larger university. Considers the general strengths and weaknesses of communication departments in the context of thinking about the reasons for the University of Nebraska Lincoln's vulnerability to budget cutting and…

Inreach and Outreach, a new recruitment model, was devised in an endeavor to link educational institutions to human services agencies themselves in training and recruitment of prospective human services workers. Inreach and Outreach monitors current trends and keeps the curriculum coherent with the philosophies basic to the effective…

Uses a growth model involving an aggregate production function to measure social benefits from human capital improvements due to investments in Hong Kong higher education. Returns calculated using the production-function approach are significantly higher than those derived from the wage-increment method. Returns declined during the past 10 years.…

Discusses how considerable credit for the quick rise of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) as a research university goes to president Freeman Hrabowski, III and Mark Behm, vice president of administration and finance. Describes how they grew UMBC's research program, rebuilt the administrative infrastructure, and expanded the…